How integrated gravimetric testing can simplify laboratory workflows, reduce manual operations and improve testing efficiency for food contact materials.
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Food contact materials are subject to increasingly stringent regulatory requirements, while testing laboratories are also under growing pressure to improve efficiency, consistency and testing capacity. Traditional Overall Migration testing involves multiple repetitive steps, including sample exposure, evaporation, drying, cooling and precision weighing.
Automation can simplify these operations while maintaining the accuracy, consistency and data integrity required for routine laboratory testing.
An Automated Approach to Overall Migration Testing
The Labthink C840H Integrated Overall Migration Testing System is designed to automate key stages of gravimetric Overall Migration testing.
The system integrates controlled testing procedures with precision weighing and automated data processing. It supports applications involving commonly used food simulants and testing associated with EN 1186 and EU Regulation No. 10/2011.
By integrating multiple operations into a single system, the C840H helps reduce manual intervention and improve efficiency, particularly for routine and higher-volume testing.
The C840H incorporates a 0.01 mg high-precision balance and a controlled weighing environment to support stable and repeatable measurements. Automated weighing also reduces unnecessary sample handling and potential operator-related variation.
Traditional workflows require analysts to repeatedly handle heated vessels, samples and chemical simulants. By integrating key operations into a controlled system, the C840H reduces direct manual intervention and helps make routine testing safer and more convenient.
The C840H automatically records weighing data and performs calculations based on predefined testing parameters, reducing manual transcription and calculation.
Its professional software is designed to support GMP data traceability requirements, with:
Together, these functions help laboratories reduce manual workload while strengthening data integrity throughout the testing process.
Building Practical Experience in Laboratory Applications
The C840 Series is designed to automate routine gravimetric testing and is being applied in laboratory environments across different markets.
The system has already been introduced in several application environments, including laboratories and organizations in the European packaging and materials industry. These applications provide valuable practical experience and user feedback as we continue to develop and optimize the solution for routine laboratory testing.
The following product page and video provide an overview of the Labthink C840H Integrated Residue on Evaporation Testing System and demonstrate its integrated approach to Overall Migration testing.
Watch the video to see how the C840H integrates automated process control, precision weighing and data management to streamline the Overall Migration testing workflow.
While the C840 Series focuses on Overall Migration and related gravimetric applications, Labthink also provides automated solutions for other laboratory requirements:
Together, these systems provide laboratories with automated solutions across a range of gravimetric testing applications, helping move routine testing toward greater efficiency, consistency, safety and data integrity.
